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Creative Jeans Mending Tutorials - sewing inspiration roundup from Melly Sews - diy fashion fixes

Holes in your jeans used to be thought of as very unsightly, and now rips and tears seem to be the height of fashion. However, not everyone wants their bare skin exposed, and there is a way to have the best of both worlds. That is to have your jeans fashionably ripped up without exposing

These pants with holes in their knees had been laying on the mending pile for weeks (if not months). I finally took the time to patch them. Once started, I figured that I could just as well spend some extra effort to make them a bit special. The first pair got large embellished pads, sewn in both side seams. I opened up the side seams with the seam ripper, attached the knee pads, and resewed the seams. However, it turned out that resewing the double seam was quite tricky. So for the second…

I use to cringe whenever one of my children earned another scout badge. Ug, sewing those tough little things onto a sash was bad enough, but sewing them onto the chest pocket was the worse. Other m…

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